By Matthew Robertson(click on either image to see it larger)
"Remember APS film, that revolutionary consumer-friendly wide-screen format?
"Ten years ago I bought my first 'serious' camera, a first-generation Canon Elph, and loved the ease of use that it gave me. But I wasn't a photographer, or even a snapshooter. The roll of film that I would develop in the summer would have Christmas photos on it. I was cheap, and it was expensive. If I was ambitious I'd shoot three rolls of film a year, mostly photos of my dog, and my one attempt at getting artistic was buying a few rolls of B&W film. It turns out that I had one of them left.
"Getting out my fancy APS compact camera has been eye-opening. I'm astonished at how little has changed between cameras then and now, and just how bad a little camera it was. Is. But it was fun to run a roll of film through it, and now I'm looking to add a 35mm SLR to my collection of tools.
"Technical details: Canon IX240 Elph, APS B&W film, probably ISO400, and about five years past its expiry date."
Matthew Robertson
Toronto, Canada
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